Quilting-frame.



G. STEWART.

QUILTING FRAME. 4

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I5. 1917.

1,275,493.- Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

INVENTOR G90 rgz'a m Siewar ATTORNEY WITNESSES GEORGIANA STEWART, OF SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA.

QUILTING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,376.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGIANA STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shawnee, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting- Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to quilting frames, and it relates more particularly to an improved manner of supporting an adjustable quilting frame.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device of this character which is comparatively stable during quilting operations. 7

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be easily and accurately adjusted according to the different stages of quilting operations.

Another object is to provide a device of this character with a supply roller or inding core for supporting and dispensing the quilt lining in such position that the cottonbatting or other suitable filling material may be conveniently placed between the under and upper linings of the quilt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is compact and therefore occupies but little floor space when not in use, and another object is to provide a device of this character which may be quickly and easily disassembled when desirable to store or ship the device, and which may be quickly and easily assembled when it is desirable to use the same.

Other objects will become apparent to those who read the following detail description and claim, in connection with the appended drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation view of the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view, the section being taken on line 3-3 of F ig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmental detail sectional View, the section being taken on line 41 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the main frame or support consists of two counterpart end plates or frame members 10 and the horizontal beam or strut 11, the members 10 being each provided with a rectangular aperture 12' which extends therethrough, while the strut 11 is provided with tongues or tenons 13 and with shoulor base for supporting the remainder of the structure.

The upper end of each plate 10 is provided with horizontal extensions, so that each'plate 10 is substantially T-shaped from the base or feet 16 upward. The head 17 of each T-shaped plate '10 is provided with a groove or guideway 18 which extends horizontally throughout the length of the head 17, said head also being provided with a journal bearing which extends therethrough adjacent to the middle portion thereof,,and

said bearing communicates with the slot lS, V

for a purpose presently to be disclosed. Within each slot 18 is seated a pair of horizontally disposed plates or flat bars 19 each of which is provided with a slot 20, extending longitudinally thereof, and each bar 19 also being provided. with a row of equispaced apertures 21 and with a journal bearing in one end portion. It will be seen, therefore, that two of these plates 19 project from each side of the main frame or support, and that when they are projected equidistantly, the bearings in their respective ends are axially alined, so as to receive the journals which are formed on the opposite ends of each of a pair of rollers or Winding cores 22. The journal on one end of each roller 22 is extended and square in cross section, as indicated at 23 and each squared extension has fitted thereon a ratchet wheel 241 and a crank or hand-lever 25, so that each winding core 22 may be rotated by means of the crank 25 and may be held against retrograde movement, by means of a pawl 26 which engages with the teeth of the respective ratchet wheel. It will be noted that one of the ratchet wheels 24 has its teeth pointing in the direction opposite to that 'of' the teeth of the other ratchet wheel, showing that one of the Winding cores may be turned clockwise while the other is turnable contra- V clockwise when the pawls.26 are each in its operative position. However, the pawls 26 may be turned out of engagement with the respective ratchet wheels and may be held out of engagement by their own weight, having no spring for returning them to operative position, but also being held in operative position, when desired, by their own weight.

An intermediate or supplemental roller of winding core 27 isprovided at itsopposite ends with journals 28 each of which extends through the journal in the middle top portion of the respective plate 10, each ournal 28 also extending through the juxtaposed slots 20 of the respective pair of adjusting bars 19, so that each journal performs several functions, viz. of a journal,-of a guiding element, and of a stopping element, will presently appear.

The apertures 21 of each adjusting bar 19 are arranged to be caused to register in pairs, so as to receive the shank of a pin orkey 29 for holding the adjusting bars 19 in adjusted position.

()ne of the journals 28 is extended and squared in cross section, so as to receive a crank or handle 30, as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that the supplemental or intermediate winding core 27 may be turned freely in either direction by turning the handle 30.

The operation of quilting with this device is as follows:

One of the linings or outer coverings. which we will designate as the lower cover, for convenience, is wound upon the intermediate winding core 2'7, while the other lining or covering, mentioned hereinafter as the top cover, will have one edge secured to one of the rollers 22 and will be partially wound thereon, while its other edge is secured to the other winding core 22, and the pawls 26 may then be rendered inoperative whilethe frame is adjusted according to the size of the quilt to be made or according to the preferred manner in which the quilting operation is to proceed. This adjusting op eration is effected by movement of one or both of the adjusting bars 19 outwardly, and during such movement, the journals 28 and sides of the slots 18 guide the adjusting bars so that the rows of apertures 21 remain in parallel relation to each other. 7 The slots 20 also cooperate with the journals 28 for preventing the adjusting bars from being accidentally dislodged from the slots 18. /Vhen the bars 19 have been properly adjusted and secured in place by means of the pins 29, one or both of the handles may be rotated, for tensioning the upper cover, and the pawls 26 may then be turned into operative position. The lower cover may now have one edge secured to the unwound edge of the up per cover, and the batting or other filling may now be inserted between the unwound portions of the upper and lower covers, and the operation of quilting may now be proceeded with in any known and appropriate way.

In the event that it is desired to make a quilt for a couch, cradle or crib, or to quilt a sofa-cover or any article for which the distance between the rollers 22 is too great, it is obvious that the winding core 27 may be employed in lieu of either of the rollers 22 and may cooperate with the other roller 22 for holding and tensioning either the top or the lower cover. When thus used, any suitable means may be employed for preventing retrograde movement of the handle 30; but the most convenient means would constitute one of the pins 29, which could be allowed to protrude from one of the apertures 21 adjacent to said handle 30.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have pro ided a device which is thoroughly practical, convenient, easy to operate and adjust, and which can be manufactured by an ordinary mechanic, without the use of machinery or expensive tools, of easily available material, and which is, therefore, com paratively inexpensive and economical.

Although I have described in detail the embodiment of my invention which is herewith illustrated, it is not to be understood that such illustration and description limit the scope of my invention; but my'invention includes such minor changes that may be confined within the scope of mechanical skill.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

In a quilting frame, end members having opposed lateral extensions at their upper ends forming cross heads which are longitudinally grooved in their upper edges and have centrally disposed transverse openings intersecting the said grooves, a pair of plates in the groove of each cross head, and having longitudinal slots in register with each other and with the transverse opening of the cross head, rollers at the outer ends of the plates, a supplemental roller having its ends passing through the longitudinal slots of the plates and the transverse openings of the cross heads. and means for securing the plates in relative adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGIANA STEWART. l/Vitnesses:

E. D. Benson, MARGUERITE STEWART.

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Washington, D. C. 

